Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis

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Dear Marillette,

 

Is there a PH protocol for Leishmaniasis L.

Panamensis?

 

My friend traveled in Costa Rica in March 2006 where

he was bitten by a sand fly, which is a carrier of the

infection. His body is covered with lesions, which

erupt and enlarge in size and spread to other parts of

the body. He has a muco-cutanious variety of this

tropical disease.

 

Thank you,

 

Marina Shaw

 

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Dear Marina,

 

Namaste.

 

Thank you for your email.

 

Medical Background:

 

Leishmaniasis refers to several different illnesses

caused by infection with an organism called a

protozoan.

 

Protozoa are considered to be the most simple

organisms in the animal kingdom. They are all

single-celled. The types of protozoa which cause

leishmaniasis are carried by the blood-sucking

sandfly. The sandfly is referred to as the disease

vector, simply meaning that the infectious agent (the

protozoan) is carried by the sandfly and passed on to

other animals or humans in whom the protozoan will set

up residence and cause disease. The animal or human in

which the protozoan then resides is referred to as the

host.

 

Once the protozoan is within the human host, the

human's immune system is activated to try to combat

the invader. Specialized immune cells called

macrophages work to swallow up the protozoa. Usually,

this technique kills a foreign invader, but these

protozoa can survive and flourish within macrophages.

The protozoa multiply within the macrophages,

ultimately causing the macrophage to burst open. The

protozoa are released, and take up residence within

other neighboring cells.

 

At this point, the course of the disease caused by the

protozoa is dependent on the specific type of

protozoa, and on the type of reaction the protozoa

elicits from the immune system. There are several

types of protozoa which cause leishmaniasis, and they

cause different patterns of disease progression.

 

At any one time, about 20 million people throughout

the world are infected with leishmaniasis. While

leishmaniasis exists as a disease in 88 countries

around the globe, some countries are hit harder than

others. These include Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sudan,

Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and

Syria. Other areas which harbor the causative protozoa

include China, many countries throughout Africa,

Mexico, Central and South America, Turkey, and Greece.

Although less frequent, cases have occurred in the

United States, in Texas.

 

In some areas of southern Europe, leishmaniasis is

becoming an important disease which infects people

with weakened immune systems. In particular,

individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

(AIDS) are at great risk of this infection.

 

There are a number of types of protozoa which can

cause leishmaniasis. Each type exists in specific

locations, and there are different patterns to the

kind of disease each causes. The overall species name

is Leishmania (commonly abbreviated L.). The specific

types include: L. Donovani, L. Infantum, L. Chagasi,

L. Mexicana, L. Amazonensis, L. Tropica, L. Major, L.

Aethiopica, L. Brasiliensis, L. Guyaensis, L.

Panamensis, L. Peruviana. Some of the names are

reflective of the locale in which the specific

protozoa is most commonly found, or in which it was

first discovered.

 

1. Localized cutaneous leishmaniasis

 

This type of disease occurs most commonly in China,

India, Asia Minor, Africa, the Mediterranean Basin,

and Central America. It has occurred in an area

ranging from northern Argentina all the way up to

southern Texas. It is called different names in

different locations, including chiclero ulcer, bush

yaws, uta, oriental sore, Aleppo boil, and Baghdad

sore.

 

This is perhaps the least drastic type of disease

caused by any of the Leishmania. Several weeks or

months after being bitten by an infected sandfly, the

host may notice an itchy bump (lesion) on an arm, leg,

or face. Lymph nodes in the area of this bump may be

swollen. Within several months, the bump develops a

crater (ulceration) in the center, with a raised,

reddened ridge around it. There may be several of

these lesions near each other, and they may spread

into each other to form one large lesion. Although

localized cutaneous leishmaniasis usually heals on its

own, it may take as long as year. A depressed,

light-colored scar usually remains behind. Some

lesions never heal, and may invade and destroy the

tissue below. For example, lesions on the ears may

slowly, but surely, invade and destroy the cartilage

which supports the outer ear.

 

2. Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis

 

This type of disease occurs most often in Ethiopia,

Brazil, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela.

 

The lesions of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis are

very similar to those of localized cutaneous

leishmaniasis, except they are spread all over the

body. The body's immune system apparently fails to

battle the protozoa, which are free to spread

throughout. The characteristic lesions resemble those

of the dread biblical disease, leprosy.

 

3. Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

 

This form of leishmaniasis occurs primarily in the

tropics of South America. The disease begins with the

same sores noted in localized cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Sometimes these primary lesions heal, other times they

spread and become larger. Some years after the first

lesion is noted (and sometimes several years after

that lesion has totally healed), new lesions appear in

the mouth and nose, and occasionally in the area

between the genitalia and the anus (the perineum).

These new lesions are particularly destructive and

painful. They erode underlying tissue and cartilage,

frequently eating through the septum (the cartilage

which separates the two nostrils). If the lesions

spread to the roof of the mouth and the larynx (the

part of the wind pipe which contains the vocal cords),

they may prevent speech. Other symptoms include fever,

weight loss, anemia (low red blood cell count). There

is always a large danger of bacteria infecting the

already open sores.

 

4. Visceral leishmaniasis

 

This type of leishmaniasis occurs India, China, the

southern region of Russia, and throughout Africa, the

Mediterranean, and South and Central America. It is

frequently called Kala-Azar or Dumdum fever.

 

In this disease, the protozoa uses the bloodstream to

travel to the liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and bone

marrow. Fever may last for as long as eight weeks,

disappear, and then reappear again. The lymph nodes,

spleen, and liver are often quite enlarged. Weakness,

fatigue, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and weight loss

are common. Kala-azar translates to mean " black

fever. " The name kala-azar comes from a characteristic

of this form of leishmaniasis. Individual with

light-colored skin take on a darker, grayish skin

tone, particularly of their face and hands. A variety

of lesions appear on the skin.

 

Diagnosis for each of these types of leishmaniasis

involves taking a scraping from a lesion, preparing it

in a laboratory, and examining it under a microscope

to demonstrate the causative protozoan. Other methods

that have been used include culturing a sample piece

of tissue in a laboratory to allow the protozoa to

multiply for easier microscopic identification;

injecting a mouse or hamster with a solution made of

scrapings from a patient's lesion to see if the animal

develops a leishmaniasis-like disease; and

demonstrating the presence in macrophages of the

characteristic-appearing protozoan, called

Leishman-Donovan bodies.

 

In some forms of leishmaniasis, a skin test (similar

to that given for TB) may be used. In this test, a

solution containing a small bit of the protozoan

antigen (cell markers which cause the human immune

system to react) is injected or scratched into a

patient's skin. In a positive reaction, cells from the

immune system will race to this spot, causing a

characteristic skin lesion. Not all forms of

leishmaniasis cause a positive skin test, however.

 

Prognosis

 

The prognosis for leishmaniasis is quite variable, and

depends on the specific strain of infecting protozoan,

as well as the individual patient's immune system

response to infection. Localized cutaneous

leishmaniasis may require no treatment. Although it

may take many months, these lesions usually heal

themselves completely. Only rarely do these lesions

fail to heal and become more destructive.

 

Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis may smolder on

for years without treatment, ultimately causing death

when the large, open lesions become infected with

bacteria.

 

Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis is often relatively

resistant to treatment. Untreated visceral

leishmaniasis has a 90% death rate, but only a 10%

death rate with treatment.

 

Prevention involves protecting against sandfly bites.

Insect repellents used around homes, on clothing, on

skin, and on bednets (to protect people while

sleeping) are effective measures.

 

Reducing the population of sandflies is also an

important preventive measure. In areas where

leishmaniasis is very common, recommendations include

clearing the land of trees and brush for at least 984

ft (300 m) around all villages, and regularly spraying

the area with insecticides. Because rodents often

carry the protozoan which causes leishmaniasis,

careful rodent control should be practiced. Dogs,

which also carry the protozoan, can be given a simple

blood test and then either treated or put to sleep.

 

Sources: Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt M.D., Gale

Encyclopedia of Medicine 2002; WHO: Control of the

leishmaniases - Report of a WHO Expert Committee,1990

 

 

Pranic Healing:

 

1. Invoke and scan before, during and after

treatment.

 

2. Do Pranic Breathing for 12 cycles to 5 minutes

before start of treatment; continue during treatment.

 

3. General sweeping 2 to 3 times using LWG.

 

4. Localized thorough sweeping on the affected

area(s) alternately with LWG and LWO.

 

Visualize the pranic energy penetrating into the

deepest part of the affected area(s).

 

If the affected area is on the head, near the heart or

near the spleen, sweeping using alternately LWG and

ordinary LWV.

 

5. Energize the affected area(s) with LWG, LWB,

ordinary LWV then gold. Visualize the energy

penetrating deeply into and saturating the entire

affected area(s).

 

6. Localized thorough sweeping on the front, sides

and back of the lungs. Energize the lungs thoroughly

and directly through the back of the lungs with LWG,

LWO then ordinary LWV. This step is important and may

take several minutes.

 

Point your fingers away from the patient's head when

energizing with O.

 

NOTE: Steps 3, 4 and 5 may be applied 3 to 6 times

per day for the first several days until the condition

is substantially improved.

 

7. Localized thorough sweeping on the basic chakra

alternately with LWG and LWO. Energize with W or LWR.

 

 

If the patient has fever or venereal disease, do not

energize the basic chakra; just apply localized

thorough sweeping on it.

 

8. Localized thorough sweeping on the minor chakras

of the arms and legs. Energize the minor chakras with

LWR. If the patient has fever or venereal disease,

energize with ordinary LWV. Do not use LWR.

Do not apply this step more than once a day if LWV is

used.

 

9. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back

spleen chakra and on the navel chakra. Energize the

navel chakra with ordinary LWV.

 

If the spleen is painful, energize the spleen with

LWG, then ordinary LWV. Apply more localized sweeping

on the front and back spleen chakra.

 

10. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back

solar plexus chakra and the liver. Energize the solar

plexus with LWG, LWB then ordinary LWV.

 

11. Localized thorough sweeping on the throat chakra.

Energize it with LWG then with ordinary LWV.

 

12. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back

heart chakra. Energize the back heart with ordinary

LWV.

 

13. Localized thorough sweeping on the crown chakra,

forehead chakra, ajna chakra, and back head minor

chakra. Energize them with LWG then with more of

ordinary LWV.

 

14. Stabilize and release projected pranic energy.

 

15. Repeat entire treatment 3 times per week.

 

16. After each treatment, play the Meditation on Twin

Hearts (MTH) cd. Unless there are other medical

conditions that prevent the proper practice of the

MTH, ask the patient to follow the guided meditation

to facilitate proper assimilation of healing energy.

 

17. Teach the patient how to do proper Pranic

Breathing. This may be practiced for 5 minutes per

session, several sessions per day to raise the energy

level and supplement healing treatments.

 

Love,

 

Marilette

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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immediately a medical doctor and a Certified Pranic Healer.

 

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